But his preaching of the cross,... is a stumbling block to human pride, for it insists that we cannot achieve our salvation by anything we do. Indeed, we cannot even contribute to it. Salvation is a totally noncontributory gift of God. As Archbishop William Temple put it, "The only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed."
Through the Bible: Through the Year; p. 349
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